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Joil 2

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1 Trubite u trubu na Sionu, i vičite na svetoj gori mojoj, neka drhću svi stanovnici zemaljski, jer ide dan Gospodnji, jer je blizu.

2 Dan, kad je mrak i tama, Dan, kada je oblak i magla; kako se zora razastire povrh gora, tako ide narod velik i silan, kakvog nije bilo otkad je veka niti će ga posle kad biti od kolena do kolena.

3 Pred njim proždire oganj, a za njim pali plamen; zemlja je Pred njim kao vrt edemski, a za njim pustinja pusta, ništa neće uteći od njega.

4 Na očima su kao konji i trčaće kao konjici.

5 Skakaće povrh gora topoćući kao kola, praskajući kao plamen ognjeni koji sažiže strnjiku, kao silan narod spreman za boj.

6 Pred njim će se prepadati narodi, svako će lice pocrneti.

7 Oni će trčati kao junaci, kao vojnici skakaće na zid, i svaki će ići svojim putem, niti će odstupati sa svoje staze.

8 I jedan drugog neće tiskati, svaki će ići svojim putem, i na mačeve navirući neće se raniti.

9 Po gradu će hoditi, po zidovima će trčati, u kuće će se peti, ulaziće kroz prozore kao lupež.

10 Pred njima će se zemlja tresti, nebesa će se pokolebati, sunce će i mesec pomrknuti i zvezde će ustegnuti svetlost svoju.

11 A Gospod će pustiti glas svoj pred vojskom svojom, jer će logor Njegov biti vrlo velik, jer će biti silan onaj koji će izvršiti volju Njegovu; jer će dan Gospodnji biti velik i vrlo strašan, i ko će ga podneti?

12 Zato još govori Gospod: Obratite se k meni svim srcem svojim i posteći i plačući i tužeći.

13 I razderite srca svoja, a ne haljine svoje, i obratite se ka Gospodu Bogu svom, jer je milostiv i žalostiv, spor na gnev i obilan milosrđem i kaje se oda zla.

14 Ko zna, neće li se povratiti i raskajati se, i ostaviti iza toga blagoslov, dar i naliv za Gospoda Boga vašeg.

15 Trubite u trubu na Sionu, naredite post, proglasite svetkovinu.

16 Saberite narod, osveštajte sabor, skupite starce, saberite decu i koja sisaju; ženik neka iziđe iz svoje kleti i nevesta iz ložnice svoje.

17 Između trema i oltara neka plaču sveštenici, sluge Gospodnje, i neka kažu: Prosti, Gospode, narodu svom, i ne daj nasledstvo svoje pod sramotu, da njim ovladaju narodi; zašto da kažu u narodima: Gde im je Bog?

18 I Gospod će revnovati za zemlju svoju i požaliće narod svoj.

19 I Gospod će odgovoriti i reći će svom narodu: Evo, ja ću vam poslati žita i vina i ulja, i bićete ga siti, i neću vas više dati pod sramotu među narodima.

20 Jer ću udaljiti od vas severca, i odagnati ga u zemlju suvu i pustu, prednju četu njegovu u istočno more, a zadnju u more zapadno, i podignuće se smrad njegov i trulež će se njegov podignuti, pošto učini velike stvari.

21 Ne boj se, zemljo, raduj se i veseli se, jer će Gospod učiniti velike stvari.

22 Ne bojte se, zveri poljske; jer će se zeleneti pasišta u pustinji i drveta će nositi rod svoj, smokva će i loza vinova davati silu svoju.

23 I vi, sinovi sionski, radujte se i veselite se u Gospodu Bogu svom, jer će vam dati dažd na vreme, i spustiće vam dažd rani i pozni na vreme.

24 I gumna će se napuniti žita, a kace će se prelivati vinom i uljem.

25 I naknadiću vam godine koje izjede skakavac, hrušt i crv i gusenica, velika vojska moja, koju slah na vas.

26 I ješćete izobila, i bićete siti i hvalićete ime Gospoda Boga svog, koji učini s vama čudesa, i narod moj neće se posramiti doveka.

27 I poznaćete da sam ja usred Izrailja, i da sam ja Gospod Bog vaš, i da nema drugog, i narod moj neće se posramiti doveka.

28 I posle ću izliti duh svoj na svako telo, i proricaće sinovi vaši i kćeri vaše, starci će vaši sanjati sne, mladići će vaši viđati utvare.

29 I na sluge ću i na sluškinje u one dane izliti duh svoj;

30 I učiniću čudesa na nebu i na zemlji, krv i oganj i pušenje dima.

31 Sunce će se pretvoriti u tamu i mesec u krv pre nego dođe veliki i strašni dan Gospodnji.

32 I svaki koji prizove ime Gospodnje spašće se; jer će na gori Sionu i u Jerusalimu biti spasenje, kao što je rekao Gospod, i u ostatku koji pozove Gospod.

   

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True Christian Religion #82

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82. (i) JEHOVAH GOD CAME DOWN AND TOOK UPON HIMSELF HUMAN FORM, IN ORDER TO REDEEM AND SAVE MANKIND.

Christian churches today believe that God the Creator of the universe fathered a Son from eternity, who came down and took upon Himself human form to redeem and save mankind. But this is an error and collapses of its own accord, so long as the mind concentrates on the oneness of God, and the reason looks upon as fiction or worse the idea that the one God fathered a Son from eternity, and also that God the Father together with the Son and the Holy Spirit, each of whom is severally God, is one God. This fiction is utterly exploded, like a meteorite in the atmosphere, when it is shown from the Word that it was Jehovah God Himself who came down and became man and also was the Redeemer.

[2] The first point, that it was Jehovah God Himself who came down and became man, is established by these passages:

Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, who shall be called God with us, Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23.

A boy is born for us, a son is given to us, on whose shoulder the dominion shall be; and his name shall be called Wonderful, God, Hero, the everlasting Father, the Prince of peace, Isaiah 9:6-7.

On that day it will be said, Behold, He is our God, whom we have awaited to free us. He is Jehovah, whom we have awaited. Let us exult and rejoice in His salvation, Isaiah 25:9.

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way for Jehovah, make smooth in the desert a path for our God; and all flesh shall see it together, Isaiah 40:3, 5.

Behold, the Lord Jehovih comes in strength, and His arm shall bear dominion for Him. Behold, His recompense comes with Him; He will tend His flock like a shepherd, Isaiah 40:10-11.

Jehovah said, Shout for joy and rejoice, daughter of Zion; behold, I come to dwell in your midst; then shall many nations cleave to Jehovah on that day, Zechariah 2:10-11.

I Jehovah have called you in righteousness, and I will give you to be a covenant with the people. I am Jehovah, this is my name; my glory I shall not give to another, Isaiah 42:1, 6-8.

Behold, the days will come when I will raise up for David a righteous shoot, who will reign as king and do judgment and righteousness upon earth; and this is His name, Jehovah our righteousness, Jeremiah 23:5-6; 33:15-16.

There are also the passages where the Lord's coming is called 'the day of Jehovah', as Isaiah 13:6, 9, 13, 22; Ezekiel 31:15; Joel 1:15; 2:1-2, 11, 29, 31; 3:1, 14, 18; Amos 5:13, 18, 20; Zephaniah 1:7-18; Zechariah 14:1, 4-21; and elsewhere.

[3] It is openly stated in Luke that Jehovah Himself came down and took upon Himself human form.

Mary said to the angel, How shall this happen, since I have no knowledge of a man? The angel answered her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you, so that the holy thing that is born of you will be called the Son of God, Luke 1:34-35.

And in Matthew the angel said in a dream to Joseph, who was betrothed to Mary, that that which was born of her was of the Holy Spirit; and Joseph did not know her until she had borne a son, and he called His name Jesus, Matthew 1:20, 25. The Holy Spirit means the Divine which proceeds from Jehovah God, as will be seen in Chapter 3 of this book. Everyone knows that a child gets its soul and life from the father, its body from the mother. 1 So how could it be more openly stated that the Lord's soul and life were from Jehovah God, and because the Divine cannot be divided, that the Father's Divine itself was His soul and life? That is why the Lord so many times called Jehovah God His Father, and Jehovah God called Him His Son. Can anything more ridiculous be said than the idea that our Lord's soul was from His mother Mary? Yet such is the dream of both Roman Catholics and Protestants today, and they have not woken up to what is said in the Word.

Footnotes:

1. Reading ex matre 'from the mother' for ex anima 'from the soul', apparently a repetition from the preceding clause, cf. 92[1]; 103[1].

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.